Can you describe these elements as they are found in
"The Gift of the Magi"?
1.
Characters:
a. Who are the major and minor characters?
Answer:
Major: Della & Jim
Minor: Madame Sofronie
b. Who is static or dynamic?
Answer:
Della is dynamic because she is unhappy at the beginning of the story but by the end she is happy.
2.
What
Point-of-View
is the story being told from?
Answer:
This story is told from the third-person point-of-view.
3.
Setting:
a. Where?
Answer:
New York. (clues - Coney Island; Broadway)
b. When?
Answer:
Sometime in the past. (Clues: the flat only costs $8.00 a month to rent.)
4.
Plot:
a. What is the climax?
Answer:
The turning point of the story is when Della decides to sell her hair so she can buy Jim a Christmas gift.
b. How is everything resolved?
Answer:
Everything is resolved when Jim and Della decide to put their gifts away to save them for the future, when they can use them again.
5. What is/are the
theme/s
of this story?
Answer:
The theme of this story is that people often make sacrifices to make the people they love happy.
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